How many words are in The Great Gatsby?

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is approximately 47,094 wordslong. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, that's about 3 hr 18 min of reading spread across several sittings. First published in 1925, it sits in the Literary Fiction category.

Typical literary fiction novels run 70,000–100,000 words, with a sweet spot around 80,000–90,000. At 47,094 words, The Great Gatsby comes in below the typical range — closer to a novella in length.